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Sunbury City council reviews rink audit; auditor found control gaps but no conclusive fraud
Summary
An agreed-upon procedures review of Sunbury City’s ice-skating rink found weak internal controls — inconsistent deposits, limited segregation of duties and reactive surveillance — but the auditor said his limited review did not present conclusive evidence of intentional fraud. Council debated whether to commission a full forensic audit or rely on internal fixes and a planned POS rollout.
Sunbury City Council reviewed an internal-control report on the city’s ice-skating rink after a reported theft prompted an investigation and subsequent audit request. Chief Slack summarized the investigation and said two people were arrested in the theft probe, and that investigators found multiple bags of cash in different locations at the rink.
Tony Gard of Cic Associates, who conducted an agreed-upon procedures review limited to rink operations, told the council the engagement was not a full, citywide audit but focused on cash-handling practices. Gard said the review found limited segregation of duties, inconsistent deposit preparation, irregular physical inventory counts and that surveillance review was mostly reactive rather than scheduled. He…
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